Broncos Insider: Broncos Footballtag:blog.mlive.com,2014:/broncosinsider/21712010-04-17T10:00:00ZWestern Michigan University Broncos Blog written by Graham Couch of The Kalamazoo GazetteMovable Type Enterprise 4.29-advanceGraham Couch blog: More from the Broncos' defensive coachestag:blog.mlive.com,2010:/broncosinsider//2171.4448319.201004170313572010-04-17T10:00:00Z2010-04-17T07:13:57ZI wrote a piece that ran in Friday's Kalamazoo Gazette on the new defensive coaching staff, kind of having fun with their looks and East Coast dialects. Like with most features, there's a ton of quotes that never see the...Graham Couch | gcouch@mlive.comhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/gcouch/index.html
I wrote a piece that ran in Friday's Kalamazoo Gazette on the new defensive coaching staff, kind of having fun with their looks and East Coast dialects. Like with most features, there's a ton of quotes that never see the...
Guest blogger Jayson Bussa offers up observations from Saturday's intrasquad football scrimmagetag:blog.mlive.com,2010:/broncosinsider//2171.44258062010-04-11T02:08:29Z2010-04-11T02:18:45ZJayson Bussa | Special to MLivehttp://connect.mlive.com/user/jbussa/index.htmlTim Hiller receives Wuerffel Trophytag:blog.mlive.com,2010:/broncosinsider//2171.42368412010-02-20T08:34:07Z2010-02-20T09:09:08ZFormer Western Michigan University quarterback Tim Hiller received the Wuerffel Trophy, known as the Humanitarian Heisman, Friday in Fort Walton Beach, Fla.Hiller was named the Weurffel Trophy recipient back on Dec. 8.You can read WMU SID Mat Kanan's blog on...Graham Couch | gcouch@mlive.comhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/gcouch/index.html
Former Western Michigan University quarterback Tim Hiller received the Wuerffel Trophy, known as the Humanitarian Heisman, Friday in Fort Walton Beach, Fla.Hiller was named the Weurffel Trophy recipient back on Dec. 8.You can read WMU SID Mat Kanan's blog on...
Amid rumors, Bill Cubit says nothing has been decided about defensive coordinator positiontag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/broncosinsider//2171.4023992.200912132123532009-12-14T02:20:56Z2009-12-14T02:23:53ZBill Cubit responded Sunday to Internet rumors that have Steve Morrison definitely out as Western Michigan's defensive coordinator and former Hofstra head coach Dave Cohen already in place as Morrison's replacement.WMU's head coach said his focus through the end of...Graham Couch | gcouch@mlive.comhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/gcouch/index.html
Bill Cubit responded Sunday to Internet rumors that have Steve Morrison definitely out as Western Michigan's defensive coordinator and former Hofstra head coach Dave Cohen already in place as Morrison's replacement.WMU's head coach said his focus through the end of...
Follow Tim Hiller at the William V. Campbell Trophy festivities in New Yorktag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/broncosinsider//2171.40071222009-12-08T09:34:17Z2009-12-08T09:41:13ZWestern Michigan University SID Mat Kanan is keeping a blog on Bronco quarterback Tim Hiller's activities leading up to Tuesday night's National Football Foundation's Awards Dinner, where he'll find out he's the William V. Campbell Trophy winner, an award considered...Graham Couch | gcouch@mlive.comhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/gcouch/index.html
Western Michigan University SID Mat Kanan is keeping a blog on Bronco quarterback Tim Hiller's activities leading up to Tuesday night's National Football Foundation's Awards Dinner, where he'll find out he's the William V. Campbell Trophy winner, an award considered...
UConn cornerback Jasper Howard, a former WMU recruit, stabbed to deathtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/broncosinsider//2171.37862642009-10-18T18:15:04Z2009-10-18T18:19:40ZJasper Howard chose Connecticut over Western Michigan just before signing day in 2007. He was killed late Saturday night in a fight on UConn's campus. Sad story. Sounds like it might be a case of wrong place, wrong time. Howard...Graham Couch | gcouch@mlive.comhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/gcouch/index.html
Jasper Howard chose Connecticut over Western Michigan just before signing day in 2007. He was killed late Saturday night in a fight on UConn's campus. Sad story. Sounds like it might be a case of wrong place, wrong time. Howard...
Final thoughts on WMU's loss to CMUtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/broncosinsider//2171.37855802009-10-18T07:41:20Z2009-10-18T08:10:45ZI wrote before the game that I though Western Michigan had to do two things to win: Stop CMU on third down at least half the time and put seven on the board just about every time it reached the...Graham Couch | gcouch@mlive.comhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/gcouch/index.html
I wrote before the game that I though Western Michigan had to do two things to win: Stop CMU on third down at least half the time and put seven on the board just about every time it reached the...
Threloff, hoops practice and, of course, some little football gametag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/broncosinsider//2171.37791902009-10-17T08:47:28Z2009-10-17T09:09:10ZFirst, a bit of bad news for Western Michigan's men's basketball program, as reported Friday night, DeKalb (Ill.) High School big man Jordan Threloff picked Illinois State over WMU -- and I truly believe it was down to just those...Graham Couch | gcouch@mlive.comhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/gcouch/index.html
First, a bit of bad news for Western Michigan's men's basketball program, as reported Friday night, DeKalb (Ill.) High School big man Jordan Threloff picked Illinois State over WMU -- and I truly believe it was down to just those...
Kick is good from 15 yards out, would have been true from 60tag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/broncosinsider//2171.36976852009-09-29T01:11:46Z2009-09-29T01:32:26Z... or maybe from 35 yards away. Either way, I'm back in the Gazette newsroom now sounding like "Uncle Rico" from the movie "Napoleon Dynamite" after booting a short kick dead center through the uprights at tonight's Western Michigan football...Graham Couch | gcouch@mlive.comhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/gcouch/index.html
... or maybe from 35 yards away. Either way, I'm back in the Gazette newsroom now sounding like "Uncle Rico" from the movie "Napoleon Dynamite" after booting a short kick dead center through the uprights at tonight's Western Michigan football...
Football practice update: Animated Cubit gives team wake-up calltag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/broncosinsider//2171.36758492009-09-24T01:07:04Z2009-09-24T01:11:04ZThis from my colleague Jayson Bussa, who was at practice Wednesday at Waldo Stadium:Before breaking off to stretch and condition at the end of Wednesday's practice at Waldo Stadium, coach Bill Cubit used his time in the final huddle to...Graham Couch | gcouch@mlive.comhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/gcouch/index.html
This from my colleague Jayson Bussa, who was at practice Wednesday at Waldo Stadium:Before breaking off to stretch and condition at the end of Wednesday's practice at Waldo Stadium, coach Bill Cubit used his time in the final huddle to...
Mitch Zajac to start for Woody Legrier at middle linebackertag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/broncosinsider//2171.36504842009-09-17T22:57:05Z2009-09-17T23:20:35ZCall it the Kalamazoo Gazette Curse or just call it a bum knee, but every since we featured Woody Legrier in the Gazette, the redshirt-freshman linebacker hasn't been the standout he was against Michigan. Legrier was whistled for two personal...Graham Couch | gcouch@mlive.comhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/gcouch/index.html
Call it the Kalamazoo Gazette Curse or just call it a bum knee, but every since we featured Woody Legrier in the Gazette, the redshirt-freshman linebacker hasn't been the standout he was against Michigan. Legrier was whistled for two personal...
A few hours removed from WMU's loss ...tag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/broncosinsider//2171.36183762009-09-13T03:12:36Z2009-09-13T04:14:13ZBLOOMINGTON, Ind -- It's funny how one play can change the way we think of an entire game. If Aaron Winchester doesn't fumble inside the 10-yard line in the final minutes and Western Michigan goes in for the winning score,...Graham Couch | gcouch@mlive.comhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/gcouch/index.html
BLOOMINGTON, Ind -- It's funny how one play can change the way we think of an entire game. If Aaron Winchester doesn't fumble inside the 10-yard line in the final minutes and Western Michigan goes in for the winning score,...
Perspective needed, but it's time for WMU to consider changing its scheduling philosophytag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/broncosinsider//2171.35748352009-09-06T06:21:33Z2009-09-06T18:27:15ZANN ARBOR -- Bill Cubit was calm in his dealings with the press after Saturday's 31-7 loss at Michigan, as he was last year at Nebraska. Western Michigan's coach wasn't thrilled with his team's performance or the final score, but...Graham Couch | gcouch@mlive.comhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/gcouch/index.html
ANN ARBOR -- Bill Cubit was calm in his dealings with the press after Saturday's 31-7 loss at Michigan, as he was last year at Nebraska. Western Michigan's coach wasn't thrilled with his team's performance or the final score, but...
Pep rally, ya'll: Stampede the Big House ... in GRtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/broncosinsider//2171.35499572009-09-03T00:00:00Z2009-09-03T00:16:24ZHere's the release from WMU: The Quarterback Club, formerly known as the Grand Rapids Breakfast Club, is throwing a "Stampede at the Big House" pep rally, Thursday, Sept. 3 on the third floor of the B.O.B. in downtown Grand Rapids...Graham Couch | gcouch@mlive.comhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/gcouch/index.html
Here's the release from WMU: The Quarterback Club, formerly known as the Grand Rapids Breakfast Club, is throwing a "Stampede at the Big House" pep rally, Thursday, Sept. 3 on the third floor of the B.O.B. in downtown Grand Rapids...
Good-bye Motor City, hello Pizza, Pizzatag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/broncosinsider//2171.35498282009-09-02T21:05:46Z2009-09-02T21:27:13Z The pagentry of the Motor City Bowl, if any actually existed, has been replaced by Pizza. Here's guessing the press food at what's now the Little Ceasars Bowl has already been decided. I'll take green pepper and onion, please,...Graham Couch | gcouch@mlive.comhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/gcouch/index.html
The pagentry of the Motor City Bowl, if any actually existed, has been replaced by Pizza. Here's guessing the press food at what's now the Little Ceasars Bowl has already been decided. I'll take green pepper and onion, please,...
This week's game vs. WMU is biggest game for Michigan in a long timetag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/broncosinsider//2171.35374872009-09-01T03:27:33Z2009-09-01T13:02:30ZWith head coach Rich Rodriguez sitting squarely in the searing-hot glow of the NCAA rules violation spotlight, and coming off a record-worst 3-9 season, the Wolverines open 2009 with a must-win game against the Broncos.Graham Couch | gcouch@mlive.comhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/gcouch/index.html
With head coach Rich Rodriguez sitting squarely in the searing-hot glow of the NCAA rules violation spotlight, and coming off a record-worst 3-9 season, the Wolverines open 2009 with a must-win game against the Broncos.]]>
Almost two weeks in, two weeks to go: Talking depth chart, injuries, etc.tag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/broncosinsider//2171.34837182009-08-22T11:30:46Z2009-08-22T11:36:15ZTwo weeks from today Western Michigan's football team hits the turf at the Big House. If that doesn't excite you, I have no idea why you're reading this blog. Here are a few interesting happenings with the depth chart:...Graham Couch | gcouch@mlive.comhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/gcouch/index.html
Two weeks from today Western Michigan's football team hits the turf at the Big House. If that doesn't excite you, I have no idea why you're reading this blog. Here are a few interesting happenings with the depth chart:...
Bronco Fan Appreciation Night is Sundaytag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/broncosinsider//2171.34836882009-08-22T05:24:28Z2009-08-22T05:29:38ZFor those who are interesting in meeting Western Michigan's football team -- or pretending you want to meet the football team, so you can see the dance team -- Western Michigan's football program is hosting Fan Appreciation Night from 5:30-6:30...Graham Couch | gcouch@mlive.comhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/gcouch/index.html
For those who are interesting in meeting Western Michigan's football team -- or pretending you want to meet the football team, so you can see the dance team -- Western Michigan's football program is hosting Fan Appreciation Night from 5:30-6:30...
Wrapping up WMU's first week of fall camptag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/broncosinsider//2171.34450722009-08-16T02:16:49Z2009-08-20T17:54:39ZOne week of fall camp is in the books and here are three things I think I know about Western Michigan University's football team. First, this team should be able to run the football, perhaps even a little against its...Graham Couch | gcouch@mlive.comhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/gcouch/index.html
One week of fall camp is in the books and here are three things I think I know about Western Michigan University's football team. First, this team should be able to run the football, perhaps even a little against its...
Schneider Julien visits football practice, helps Broncos' young receiverstag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/broncosinsider//2171.34675922009-08-19T23:37:03Z2009-08-20T17:51:27ZKalamazoo Gazette reporter Jayson Bussa is in his second season of covering the Western Michigan University football team. Here are some notes from Wednesday's practice: KALAMAZOO - Schneider Julien made an appearance at Western Michigan University's football practice Wednesday, when...Graham Couch | gcouch@mlive.comhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/gcouch/index.html
Kalamazoo Gazette reporter Jayson Bussa is in his second season of covering the Western Michigan University football team. Here are some notes from Wednesday's practice: KALAMAZOO - Schneider Julien made an appearance at Western Michigan University's football practice Wednesday, when...
Michigan State to play at Waldo Stadium in 2015tag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/broncosinsider//2171.34711772009-08-20T16:16:35Z2009-08-20T16:21:10ZWestern Michigan University's football program will host Michigan State in 2015, as part of a 3-for-1 series with the Spartans, the schools are announcing today. WMU plays at MSU in 2013, 2017 and 2019 (as well as this year and...Graham Couch | gcouch@mlive.comhttp://connect.mlive.com/user/gcouch/index.html
Western Michigan University's football program will host Michigan State in 2015, as part of a 3-for-1 series with the Spartans, the schools are announcing today. WMU plays at MSU in 2013, 2017 and 2019 (as well as this year and...